Water-power machine.



' T. J. VANDERSLIGE.

WATER POWER MAGEINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1901.

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THOMAS J. VANDERSLIOE, OF LEWISTON, IDAHO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, OF

TWO-THIRDS TO LEMON L. OSBORN AND ONE-THIRD TO M. M. JOHNSON, BOTH OFPORT- LAND, OREGON.

WATER-POWER MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1907.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Serial No. 401,848.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. VANDER- SLICE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lewiston, Nez Perce county, State of Idaho, haveinvented a new and useful ater-Power Machine, of which the following isthe specification.

My invention relates to hydraulic motors, more particularly to thatclass of motors in which the alternate ascending and descending of twofloats arranged in two tanks is utilized to develop power for variouspur-v poses.

The object of my invention is to provide a very simple and efficientmotor of this class which will be so arranged that the action of thefloat will always rotate the power shaft in the same direction, and onewhich will be extremely powerful and automatic in opera tion so thatwhen once set it will run any length of time without requiringattention.

To the accomplislnnent of the recited object and others coiirdinatetherewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in thatconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and embraced within the scope of theappended claims.

In said drawings :Figure I is a perspective view of the motor embodyingmy invention. Fig. II is a plan view of the fiume. Fig. III is alongitudinal section of one of the tanks, and Fig. IV is a transversesection of the tank.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughoutvthe several views.

Referring more particularly to the drawings for a detailed descriptionof my invention, (1) and (2) designate two coincidently arranged watertight tanks, having interposed at opposite sides thereof the standards(3) and (4) in which the shafts (5) of the rocking frame, constituted bya pair of longitudinally extending beams (6) and (7) and a cross beam(8), are journaled, as in the bearings (9). Hingedly connected to theproximal ends of the beams (6) and (7), as at 10, are the dependinguprights (11) which in turn have their lower distal ends connected, at12, to the floats (13). Conjunctively with the tanks (1) and (2), I havedesigned a water inlet, which comprises a. flume (14) havingramifications (15) and (16), each of which is provided at its lowerterminal with breakwaters (17). Mounted at the inner angle of theramifications (15) and (16), as at 18, is a swinging gate (19), theouter extremital portion of which is rigidly secured to the transverselyextending rope (20), at 21, the said rope depending for its guidanceupon the pulleys (22), which are secured at opposite sides of the flume(14), the terminals of the rope (20) carrying rings (23),each of whichis connected to the ropes, wires or the like, (24), (25), (26), and(27), respectively,

the ends of the ropes (24) and (27) passing under the pulleys (28),mounted on the tanks (1) and and being connected to the longitudinalbeams (6) adjacent it terminals, as at 29, the ends of the ropes (25)and (26) passing over the pulleys (30) carried by the uprights (31),which latter are secured to the forward part of the tanks (1) and 2),and being fastened to the gates (32) and (33) which are mounted in theguideways (34), the said gates being adapted to control the efiiux ofthe water by alternately opening and closing the outlets and (36) of thesaid tanks (1) and (2) into the common outlet (37);

In operation the water is admitted from any suitable source of supply tothe flume (14), it being assumed that one of the ramifications of saidfiume, 16 for example, is closed by the swinging gate (19), the waterpassing into the tank 1) and owing to its buoyant force causes the float(13) to ascend, whereupon the gate (19) oscillates in such a manner asto cut off the flow of water through the ramification (l5), and

open up or admit water to the ramification (16), this operation beingbrought about by the rocking of the longitudinal beam (6) and thecommensurate movement of the gate (19), due to the intermediate ropeconnections (24) and (27). At the same time the gate (32) will be openedby the rope (26) thus permitting the water to flow from tank (1) throughthe outlet (35). The opposite tank and its appurtenances undergo thesame operation and so on in, serz'ntim. As will be noted in thedrawings, the gate (33) 'has reached its maximum height and the rope(24) is slack, however, upon the rocking of the frame in the oppositedirection this slack will be taken up and the pull transferred to therope (20) and cause the terminal portion of the latter to assume anextended position, similar to the position occupied by its otherterminal on the opposite side of the flume, the said extensionpermitting, through the medium of the rope the gate (33) to gravitate toits closed position.

It should be understood that in its broader aspect my inventioncomprehends the employment not only of the various means described butof equivalent means for performing the recited functions. lVhile thearrangement shown is thought, at the present, to be preferable, it isdesired to reserve the right to effect such modifications and variationsthereof as may come fairly within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed, is

1. In a hydraulic motor, the combination with a pair of tanks havingwater inlets and outlets, a ramified fiume in communication with theinlets, a rocking frame, floats mounted in said tanks and connected tosaid frame, and means actuated by said frame for alternately divertingthe water to one of the ramifications of said fiume and controlling theefflux of the water thereof from said tanks.

2. In a hydraulic motor, the combination with a pair of tanks havingwater inlets and outlets, a. ramilied fiume in communication with theinlets, a swinging gate mounted at the junction of said flume and itsramifications, a rocking frame, floats mounted in said tank andconnected to said frame, and means actuated by said frame foralternately operating said swinging gate to cause the water to bediverted to one of the ramifications of said flume, and means foralternately controlling the ell'lu); of the water thereof from saidtanks.

3. In a hydraulic motor, the combination with a pair of tanks havingwater inlets and outlets, a ramified flume in communication with theinlets, sliding gates for controlling the efi'lux of the water from theoutlets, a rocking frame, floats mounted in said tanks and connected tosaid frame, and means actuated by said frame for alternately divertingthe water to one of the ramifications in said flame and operating saidsliding gates.

Dated at Lewiston, Idaho, October Qlth,

THOMAS J. VANDERSLIOE. Witnesses RALPH S. Lonmo, SAMUEL 0. TANNAHILL.

